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Re: You had to know this was coming … Spammeristas

RThomasETC — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:57:45 -0000

Understandable Jack. I can tell you this though, if I can survive the transition... anyone can :).

Re: You had to know this was coming … Spammeristas

Jack Yan — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:15:20 -0000

Hi Randy: I stuck with Blogger really due to a decision made in 2003 by some colleagues, when we began the Beyond Branding Blog. I don’t believe the others were as popular then. When I started my own blog, the BBB was still running and I didn’t want to go into two different interfaces. One of these days I might switch, but I lack the computer expertise to implement either TypePad or WordPress alone.
I see some great blogs on Moveable Type, so I would deﬁnitely vouch for it as a visitor of those blogs.

Re: You had to know this was coming … Spammeristas

Randy — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:12:22 -0000

Hey Jack, I was surprised to see you are still with blogger. You are a serious blogger with all that html and tagging you do, it would seem that blogger makes that very difficult. I love WordPress for it's power (they have a free blog service too) but I switched backt to TypePad because of cost and honestly, I don't need so many options. I spent way way way to much time tinkering with the code and plugins instead of enjoying blogging.

I like TypePad because it is built on MT. MT is also very powerful and clean (code wise.)

Re: You had to know this was coming … Spammeristas

Jack Yan — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:59:57 -0000

I prefer the TypeKey authorization to WordPress’s one, which only works on the particular site you sign up to. So far I think I have only signed up for three WordPress sites (run by friends).
The spammers are quick to ﬁnd you because their robots follow links, and ETC is a well linked site.
Blogger is pretty hopeless, so I have had to approve each message. It slows things down, sadly, but until they create ﬁlters it is probably the only way out for me for the time being.
I don’t mind signing on to TypeKey—it’s fairly easy to do, and it’s nice to be unmoderated!